FR Doc E9-17669[Federal Register: July 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 141)]
[Notices]
[Page 36744]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Oregon, Oregon
State Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
University of Oregon, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR.
The human remains were removed from an unknown site in eastern Oregon.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the culturally affiliated groups listed in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register (73 FR
79908-79909, December 30, 2008), by the addition of the Confederated
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington. After publication of
the notice, officials of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology were
contacted by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, who
indicated that the Chief Joseph Band of the Nez Perce is a constituent
member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and has
aboriginal lands that lie in eastern Oregon. The original Notice of
Inventory Completion included the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho among the
culturally affiliated tribes, but not the Chief Joseph Band of the Nez
Perce. This notice replaces the one published in the Federal Register
of December 30, 2008 with the following:
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State
Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the
Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Klamath Tribes, Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho.
In 1952, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were donated to the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology by the Crime
Detection Laboratory, Oregon Medical School, Portland, OR. Museum
records identify the human remains as an "Indian male from E.
Oregon." No further information is available. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were determined to be Native American based on
skeletal morphology. Based on museum records of the provenience, the
human remains are most likely culturally affiliated with tribes whose
aboriginal lands lie in the area of eastern Oregon. Tribes that have
aboriginal lands in eastern Oregon are represented by the present-day
Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation,
Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Klamath
Tribes, Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho.
Officials of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State Museum also
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and the Burns Paiute Tribe;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Klamath
Tribes, Oregon; and/or Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Pamela
Endzweig, Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, 1224 University of
Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone (541) 346-5115, before August
24, 2009. Repatriation of the human remains to the Burns Paiute Tribe;
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington;
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington; Klamath
Tribes, Oregon; and/or Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Oregon State Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Nation, Washington; Klamath Tribes, Oregon; and Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 9, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-17669 Filed 7-23-09; 8:45 am]
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